--- /dev/null
+From 3115fe312a2c751954f1ab0f0ba07aea1c1c7d1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org>
+Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:43:36 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Protect __release_resource against resources without parents
+
+Without this patch, removing a device tree overlay can crash here.
+
+Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@raspberrypi.org>
+---
+ kernel/resource.c | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/kernel/resource.c
++++ b/kernel/resource.c
+@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ static int __release_resource(struct res
+ {
+ struct resource *tmp, **p, *chd;
+
++ if (!old->parent) {
++ WARN(old->sibling, "sibling but no parent");
++ if (old->sibling)
++ return -EINVAL;
++ return 0;
++ }
+ p = &old->parent->child;
+ for (;;) {
+ tmp = *p;